[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
Hi Matteo, thanks you very much for describing your solution. Maybe it's even possible to first install the mbp efi update and after that flash it again using your old mb 6,1 firmware. Did you tried it out? Bye, Community is great! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
The original EFI firmware is located in /usr/standalone/i386 as a backup. The attached mb 6,1 file is the latest firmware. ** Attachment added: Firmware.scap https://bugs.launchpad.net/efibootmgr/+bug/774089/+attachment/2265905/+files/Firmware.scap -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-10 Thread David Hasselhoff
yes, it is a backup of the original mb 6,1 firmware stored on hdd in the directory i mentioned above. the fact that this file has last changed on 5.18.2009 underlines that this is not a broken file/EFI firmware. You can find the same file on the snow leopard installation disc. And as i said i

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
I wonder if there is any new cognition concerning OS X Lion. Has anyone tried to solve the efi problem using the new OS version? Maybe it is possible to flash efi with the help of recovery tools provided by lion?! What is the exact state of progress? Unfortunately apple does not provide an efi

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
Hey Krzysztof, thank you for your quick response. Do you own the macbook 6,1? And what do you mean by installator? The firmware file on your hard drive? Because I tried the same thing, but obviously nothing happened. I would really appreciate it if you'd go more into details, because i am

[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

2011-08-09 Thread David Hasselhoff
thanks for your upload, but i meant mb 6,1 not mbp. And in fact apple does not provide an official efi update for this macbook, that's the problem. Therefore i tried installing the current firmware file, which can be located on hdd and installation dvd, but it didn't work. It seems that there